Category Archives: Gender

The Plight of Domestic Workers:Confluence of Gender, Class and Caste Hierarchies

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Sujatha Gotsokar Economic and Political Weekly, June1, 2013 Domestic work has increasingly become part of the global division of labour and inextricably integrated within it. While migration for domestic work is an opportunity, in the absence of social protection, … Continue reading →

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Impact of the Global Crisis on Asian Migrant Workers and Their Families :A Survey-Based Analysis with a Gender Perspective

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Gopakumar

Published by Asian Development Bank,  April ,2013 This publication examines the impact of the crisis among migrant workers and their families – with a gender perspective – to provide useful information for better evidence-based policy making. Based on household surveys … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Gender Responsive Budgeting

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Bhumika Jhamb; Yamini Mishra and Navanitha Sinha Economic and Political Weekly, May 18, 2013 Despite the steps towards gender responsive budgeting, the budgetary allocations for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment show a decline. The gender budget statement in … Continue reading →

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP OR SURVIVAL? CASTE AND GENDER OF SMALL BUSINESS IN INDIA

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Ashwini Deshpande and Smrithi Sharma CDE working Paper no.228, March 2013 We use unit-level data from the registered manufacturing segment of the Third and Fourth rounds of the Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) census data for 2001-2 … Continue reading →

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Migration and Gender in India

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Indrani Mazumdar; N. Neetha and Indu Agnihotri Economic and Political weekly, March 09, 2013 This paper presents a sketch of the key findings of a research project on Gender and Migration at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies. The … Continue reading →

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Wage Inequality in India:Decomposition by Sector, Gender and Activity Status

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Panchanan Das Economic and Political Weekly, December 15, 2012 Wage differentials are present among various groups and sectors of the economy. The primary motivation of this paper is to investigate the structure of wage inequality and employment in India … Continue reading →

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Women and Men in India 2012

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Sriram

14th Issue. Published by MOSPI, India

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Wage Discrimination in India’s Informal Labour Markets: Exploring the Impact of Castes and Gender

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Librarian

By Klaus Deininger, Songqing Jin and Hari K. Nagarajan (March 2012) Although there has been considerable interest on wage discrimination, available studies largely dealt with formal rather than informal markets that are of little relevance for the poorest. Focusing on … Continue reading →

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Powerful synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability United Nations

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sriram

by United Nations Development Programme. 2012 Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability, is a collection of evidence-based papers by scholars and practitioners that explore the interconnections between gender equality and sustainable development across a range of sectors … Continue reading →

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What explains big gender disparities in India ? local industrial structures and female entrepreneurship

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Ejaz Ghani; William R Kerr and Stephen D O’Connel WB Policy Research Paper no.WPS6228, October 2012 Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women’s economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? … Continue reading →

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